Clothes hanger



April 1940; T. J. BRYAN 2,196,965

CLOTHES HANGER Filed March 1'), 1938 Patented Apr. 9, 1940 UNITEDSTATES.

PATENT OFFICE oLoTHEs HANGER Thomas ,J. Bryan, Buifalo, N. Y., assignorof one-half to George N. Lambros, Buflalo, N. Y.

Application March 17, 1938, Serial No. 196,465

count of the liability of articles which are placed H thereon being heldinse'cur'ely and liable to slide off, particularly when the material isof a shining or slippery character, such as silk.' When removingarticles from the hangers of the typeheretofore in use the same werealso liable to be torn on account of the rigid obstruction encounteredto the article when drawing the same from the hanger. Some forms ofprior hangers also include a body and a hook projecting from the'bodybut these memberswere capable of turning relatively to one another andtherefore my-became disarranged and also marred the wall or othersupport on which they were mounted.

It is the object of this invention to provide a hanger for supportingclothes and the like which overcomes the above mentioned objections andwhich is not only simple and inexpensive in construction but alsoornamental and attractive in appearance.

-In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hanger embodying the preferred form ofthis invention.

Fig. 2 is a Vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section thereof taken on line 3-3, Fig.2. V 35 Fig. 4 is a. rear end elevation of the body of the hanger.

Fig. 5 is a front end elevation showing a modi-' I fication of thisinvention.

In the following description similar characters 40 of reference indicatelike parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the construction of the hanger shown in Figs. 1 to l, thenumeral I0 represents the body of the hanger which is generally oftubular form and has its axis arranged horizontally when in use. Thisbody may be made of any suitable rigid material but, for the sake ofecon.- omy, the same is preferably constructed of wood, the peripheralsurface of which may be of any desired shape, for example, octagonal incross section, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and. 4 inasmuch as this form isornamental in appearance and lends itself for decorative purposes. Ifdesired, however, the periphery of the body I0 may be cylindrical asshown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The

outer surface of this body may be finished in the natural wood or thesame may be varnished or coated with any color of paint or lacquer inorder to harmonize with the support upon which the hanger is mounted orthe furniture which is used in the room where the hanger is installed.

At its front end this body is provided with a reduced neck or tenon llwhich is preferably of concentric form relative to the axis of the bodyand at its rear end this body is provided with a recess I2 whichsurrounds the rear endof the central opening in the body and extendsradially therefrom to the peripheral surface of the body v on theunderside thereof.

The numeral It represents a retaining head engaging with the front endof the hanger body and provided with a central opening it which receivesthe neck at the front end of the body and thereby serves to center thishead on the body and also hold the same against lateral displacementthereon. structed of resilient material, such as rubber which is ofaporous character, and the same This head is preferably 0011-.

projects laterally beyond the side of peripheral surface of the body soas to form an inwardly or rearwardly facing shoulder between the front.end of the body and this head. In thepreferred construction, this headis constructed in the form of a circular disk, as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3, but if desired the same may be of oval o-r oblong form andsecured to the front end of the hanger body so as to only projectupwardly beyond the periphery or outer side of this body as shown at 25in Fig. 5. I

Upon the rear end of the body is mounted a hook which is preferablyconstructed of metal so as to form an upright shank I5 and an arm I6.which is connected at its rear end with the lower end of the shank andterminates at its front end in a downwardly turned loop H. The upper endof the shank is engaged with the recess I2 in the rear end of the bodywhile the arm. I6 is spaced from the lower side of the body, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The upper-part ofthe shank is of the same width as theradial part of the recess I2 so that when the shank engages with thisrecess, the hook will be held against turning relative to the body. Thethickness of the shank is also preferably equal to the depth of therecess I 2 so that the rear side of this shank and the rear end of thebody are flush, as best shown in Fig. 2. The inner upper part of theshank is provided with an opening I8 which is in line with the centralopening in the body.

Thefront side of the resilient head I3 is engaged by a washer [9 whichis preferably con- 1 structed of metal in the form of a cup having acounter-sunk seat 20 on its front side.

The hanger is secured to a support 2| by means i of a screw stem 22 ofwhich passes through the head l3, the tubular body I0, and the openingl8 in the shank, while the head 23 at the front end of the screw stemengages with the seat 20 of the retaining washer and the thread 24 atthe rear end of the screw stem enters the body 2| upon which the hangeris mounted. Upon tighttheir properly assembled position and enabling thesame to reliably support any articles which are placed upon the hanger.

By making the head l3 of the hanger of larger diameter than the tubularbody, the rearwardly facing shoulder which is formed between this bodyand the head operates to prevent articles the same reliably in place.

which are placed upon the tubular body from sliding forwardly 01f thesame but instead holds By making the head E3 of rubber any articleswhich may be thrown over the hanger body and in engagement with the headM will cling to the latter and thereby prevent such articles fromslipping off the hanger and dropping to the floor.

Moreover by making this head l3 of resilient material any forward pullagainst the same when removing a garment or the like from the tubularbody will cause this head to be deflected and thereby avoid tearing thegarment which is being removed from the hanger, as would be liable tooccur if the head l3 were made of rigid or nonyielding material.

The hook of the hanger may be used for supporting various kinds ofclothing as well as other articles which are usually associated withclothing such as an umbrella, thereby enabling these articles to beretained in a group so that they are always available when required.

The support 2| upon which the hanger is mounted may be of any availablecharacter either stationary or movable, such for example, as thestationary wall of a building or the movable standard of a clothes rackor tree.

As a whole this hanger is comparatively simple in construction and notonly capable of being produced economically from materials which can besupplied in stock form but the same is also very efiicient in'operationand neat in appearance.

I claim as my invention:

A hanger for clothes and the like comprising a rigid body provided atits front end with a reduced neck, at its rear end with a recessextending radially from the center of the body to the periphery thereof,and an opening extending axially through said body and its neck from thefront end thereof to the inner part of the recess in its rear end, aretaining head engaging the front end of said body and surrounding theneck thereof, a hook having a vertical shank engaging its inner partwith said recess and provided on its outer part with an arm projectingforwardly therefrom, a washer engaging the front end of said body body,and a screw having a stem extending lengthwise through said body, neck,head,

washer and shank and having a head at its front end which bears againstsaid washer and a screw thread at its rear end adapted to engage asupport r THOMAS J. BRYAN.

